Any serial cards to recommend? The plans for my complete system currently call for at least five ports. I picked the Syba card because it said it supported Linux and I like the DB9 connectors on the card (rather than the octopus arrangement)1. Denon amp2. TV3. Insteon4. Security5. Sprinkler

This is turning out to be MUCH tougher than I thought. I've received a few emails from MOSCHIP including one with a new version of their driver that locked up my system until I booted into recovery mode and uninstalled the driver. It's strange that I don't see many posts here talking about serial cards. It seems like much of the functionality of LinuxMCE hinges upon the ability to connect the core to various media and home automation devices. Is everyone using USB connections or USB/RS232 adapters? I thought serial adapters were problematic.Anyway, here is the makefile supplied by MOSCHIP. I think there is a problem in the "install" section midway through the file. It's basically trying to modprobe the drivers at startup by running a script called "mcs9865" copied to init.d. The problem is that mcs9865 is not a script - it's just a text file. When it tries to run, it SNAFUs the system. Below find the makefile and the mcs9865 file (these two lines are the entire contents of the file). Maybe someone can tell me how to fix this. Or what card to buy. I'd be very thankful.